This is the three-carbon carbohydrate that has an aldehyde group in its structure. Polysaccharides have a general formula of C x H 2 O y where x is usually a large number between 200 and 2500. Carbohydrates are also known as sugars or saccharides.
It can combine with others to form more forms like polysaccharides cellulose starch etc.
It can combine with others to form more forms like polysaccharides cellulose starch etc. While there are numerous divisions of carbohydrates the human diet benefits mostly from a certain subset. Depending on the nature of monosaccharides polysaccharides are known as glucan mannan galactan araban xylan etc. We cover the structure of monosacchar.